Sentence examples for strove to secure from inspiring English sources

As commerce expanded, the Portuguese strove to secure control of trade with the Moluccas the Spice Islands.

Virtually un-recognisable from their underachieving recent selves, they reduced Bilic to a study in quiet technical area fury as they strove to secure a first Premier League win of the season.

In making this choice, the electors strove to secure their own privileges, but the German public tended to see in the new monarch a fulfillment of national aspirations mistakenly, as it turned out, but giving rise, at the time, to patriotic expressions of hopes for a brighter future.

Committed to the idea that jazz was every bit as serious an art form as classical music, he determined that the members of the M.J.Q. would wear tuxedos in performance, and he strove to secure as many bookings as possible in concert halls rather than nightclubs.

Under the terms of the treaty, the three nations maintained a consultative relationship with each other and strove to ensure their collective security in the Pacific region.

"First priority: to secure.

Even Costa has struggled to secure financing.

Governments will rush to secure raw materials.

He altered his behaviour to secure release.

They have pledged to secure its return.

"Consent" is not hard to secure.